Show MAYOR NOT LIGHTLY CHOSEN chief executive of city of london it Is called upon to fulfill many requirements sir william treloar in his recently published book A lord if mayors a diary points ts out that the chief magistrate of the city of london Is chosen in quite a different manner from that adopted by any other municipality in tile the kingdom remarks london answers instead of being elected by the members of tile the corporation or council who may and often do for political party reasons choose someone who has never done suit or services to the town londona Lon dons lord mayor can be chosen only from those who have served an apprenticeship of some years to the corporation lie ile must first be elected an alderman in an by the ratepayers rate payers of his ward and accepted and sworn in by the court of aldermen then lie must have served the office of sheriff to which position he has to be elected by the and afterward approved by the sovereign bove reign then and not till then Is he eligible to ask ak the liveryman liverymen livery men meli to elect him as lord mayor the court of aldermen afterward again having the power to refuse him the approval of the so sovereign v being also again necessary before he be can take office |